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The relative and attributable risks of cardia and non-cardia gastric cancer associated with Helicobacter pylori infection in China : a case-cohort study

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Yang, Ling, Kartsonaki, Christiana, Yao, Pang, de Martel, Catherine, Plummer, Martyn, Chapman, Daniel, Guo, Yu, Clark, Sarah, Walters, Robin G., Chen, Yiping et al.
(2021) The relative and attributable risks of cardia and non-cardia gastric cancer associated with Helicobacter pylori infection in China : a case-cohort study. The Lancet Public Health, 6 (12). e888-e896. doi:10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00164-X

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Abstract

Background:
Helicobacter pylori infection is a major cause of non-cardia gastric cancer (NCGC), but its causal role in cardia gastric cancer (CGC) is unclear. Moreover, the reported magnitude of association with NCGC varies considerably, leading to uncertainty about population-based H pylori screening and eradication strategies in high-risk settings, particularly in China, where approximately half of all global gastric cancer cases occur. Our aim was to assess the associations of H pylori infection, both overall and for individual infection biomarkers, with the risks of NCGC and CGC in Chinese adults.
Methods:
A case-cohort study was done in adults from the prospective China Kadoorie Biobank study, aged 30–79 years from ten areas in China (Qingdao, Haikou, Harbin, Suzhou, Liuzhou, Henan, Sichuan, Hunan, Gansu, and Zhejiang), and included 500 incident NCGC cases, 437 incident CGC cases, and 500 subcohort participants who were cancer-free and alive within the first two years since enrolment in 2004–08. H pylori biomarkers were measured in stored baseline plasma samples using a sensitive immunoblot assay (HelicoBlot 2.1), with adapted criteria to define H pylori seropositivity. Cox regression was used to estimate adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for NCGC and CGC associated with H pylori infection. These values were used to estimate the number of gastric cancer cases attributable to H pylori infection in China.
Findings:
Of the 512 715 adults enrolled in the China Kadoorie Biobank between June, 2004, and July, 2008, 500 incident NCGC cases, 437 incident CGC cases, and 500 subcohort participants were selected for analysis. The seroprevalence of H pylori was 94·4% (95% CI 92·4–96·4) in NGCG, 92·2% (89·7–94·7) in CGC, and 75·6% (71·8–79·4) in subcohort participants. H pylori infection was associated with adjusted HRs of 5·94 (95% CI 3·25–10·86) for NCGC and 3·06 (1·54–6·10) for CGC. Among the seven individual infection biomarkers, cytotoxin-associated antigen had the highest HRs for both NCGC (HR 4·41, 95% CI 2·60–7·50) and CGC (2·94, 1·53–5·68). In this population, 78·5% of NCGC and 62·1% of CGC cases could be attributable to H pylori infection. H pylori infection accounted for an estimated 339 955 cases of gastric cancer in China in 2018.
Interpretation:
Among Chinese adults, H pylori infection is common and is the cause of large numbers of gastric cancer cases. Population-based mass screening and the eradication of H pylori should be considered to reduce the burden of gastric cancer in high-risk settings.
Funding:
Cancer Research UK, Wellcome Trust, UK Medical Research Council, British Heart Foundation, Kadoorie Charitable Foundation, National Key Research and Development Program of China, and National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QH Natural history
Q Science > QR Microbiology
R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Statistics
SWORD Depositor: Library Publications Router
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Helicobacter pylori infections , Helicobacter pylori infections -- China, Helicobacter pylori infections -- China -- Statistics , Gastric mucosa -- Cancer, Biochemical markers
Journal or Publication Title: The Lancet Public Health
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 2468-2667
Official Date: December 2021
Dates:
DateEvent
December 2021Published
25 November 2021Available
Volume: 6
Number: 12
Page Range: e888-e896
DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00164-X
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
C56488/A24504Cancer Research UKhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000289
CH/1996001/9454British Heart Foundationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000274
UNSPECIFIEDKadoorie Charitable FoundationUNSPECIFIED
91843302[NSFC] National Natural Science Foundation of Chinahttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001809
212946/Z/18/ZWellcome Trusthttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100010269
088158/Z/09/ZWellcome Trusthttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100010269
104085/Z/14/ZWellcome Trusthttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100010269
202922/Z/16/ZWellcome Trusthttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100010269
2016YFC 0900500National Key Research and Development Program of ChinaUNSPECIFIED
1303904National Key Research and Development Program of ChinaUNSPECIFIED
0900504National Key Research and Development Program of ChinaUNSPECIFIED
0900501National Key Research and Development Program of ChinaUNSPECIFIED
MC_UU_00017/1Medical Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000265
MC_U137686851Medical Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000265
MC_UU_12026/2Medical Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000265
C16077/A29186 Cancer Research UKhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000289
C500/A16896Cancer Research UKhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000289
Contributors:
ContributionNameContributor ID
Research GroupThe China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group, UNSPECIFIED

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